Artist: Buzzcocks
Album: Love Bites (Remastered)
Genre: Punk, New Wave
Release Date: 2019
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 38:54
Total Tracks: 11
Total Size: 849 MB

Tracklist:

01. Buzzcocks – Real World (03:32)
02. Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?) (02:41)
03. Buzzcocks – Operators Manual (03:33)
04. Buzzcocks – Nostalgia (02:54)
05. Buzzcocks – Just Lust (02:59)
06. Buzzcocks – Sixteen Again (03:16)
07. Buzzcocks – Walking Distance (02:01)
08. Buzzcocks – Love Is Lies (03:12)
09. Buzzcocks – Nothing Left (04:28)
10. Buzzcocks – E.S.P. (04:45)
11. Buzzcocks – Late For The Train (05:30)

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Buzzcocks’ seminal second album, lovingly restored and re-mastered from its original ¼ tapes for the first time since its September 1978 release.Most bands would be content to release one genre-defining album in the span of a year. Not The Buzzcocks, however. Less than six months had passed since the release of their 1978 debut, the punk classic Another Music in a Different Kitchen, when they followed-up with Love Bites. The classic single “Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?)” crystallizes a sense of yearning, and it’s one of several songs that taps directly into this feeling; see also: “Late For the Train,” “Love is Lies,” and “Nostalgia.” The fuzzed-out guitar and taut rhythms on display sometimes go beyond what might be expected from the genre. “Operators Manual” in particular takes on a hazy, delirious aspect in which every component of the song is on the verge of reeling around the room. On the final three tracks, the band stretches things out a bit, maintaining a level of tension while regimenting the frenzied energy that had characterized Love Bites up until that point. This is a landmark album that inspired hundreds of punk bands over the years – but it also still feels fresh, forty years later. – Tobias Carroll